# How much grant funding is awarded UK: Grant Award Outcomes

> The median published figure in the Grant Award Outcomes is 21 percent across 4 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 19 to 27 percent), read 11 October 2026.

Business Grants Finder · https://businessgrantsfinder.co.uk/datasets/grant-award-outcomes/ · computed 2026-10-23

**Median published figure:** 21 % (range 19 to 27 %; 4 published figures; 2 of 10 sources read publish one).

2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 11 October 2026.

The median is up 1 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 20 percent across 2).

## By year and region and funder

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| year 2025 to 2026 | 19 % | 19 to 19 % | 1 |
| year 2025 to 2026 | 2,550,150,000 GBP | 2,550,150,000 to 2,550,150,000 GBP | 1 |
| year 2024 to 2025 | 21 % | 21 to 21 % | 1 |
| year 2023 to 2024 | 27 % | 27 to 27 % | 1 |
| region outside Greater South East | 4,600,000,000 GBP | 4,600,000,000 to 4,600,000,000 GBP | 1 |
| funder UKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024) | 21 % | 21 to 21 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) | 5,100,000,000 GBP | 2025 to 2026 | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025](https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/ukri-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/) | 4,600,000,000 GBP | outside Greater South East | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) | 300,000 GBP | 2025 to 2026 | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) | 27 % | 2023 to 2024 | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) | 21 % | 2024 to 2025 | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025](https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/ukri-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/) | 21 % | UKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024) | 2026-10-11 |
| [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) | 19 % | 2025 to 2026 | 2026-10-11 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (7)

- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/), read 2026-10-11: "This faster decline in the number of awards (53%) compared with applications assessed (32%) has meant that the award rate by number fell to 19% in 2025 to 2026 from 27% in 2023 to 2024. The total award commitment values reduced from £9.4 billion in 2023 to 2024 to £5.1 billion in 2025 to 2026, reflecting both lower award volumes and reduced funding commitments."
- [UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025](https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/ukri-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/), read 2026-10-11: "Analysis: In our most recent published data, we invested £4.6 billion outside the Greater South East (GSE), comprising 50% of our portfolio, up from 49% in 2022-23 and 47% in 2021-22."
- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/), read 2026-10-11: "Over the same period the median award value increased from £0.21 million to £0.3 million."
- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/), read 2026-10-11: "This faster decline in the number of awards (53%) compared with applications assessed (32%) has meant that the award rate by number fell to 19% in 2025 to 2026 from 27% in 2023 to 2024."
- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/), read 2026-10-11: "This figure is similar to 2024 to 2025 (21%), but below historical levels"
- [UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025](https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/ukri-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/), read 2026-10-11: "In Round 1 we awarded £32.4 million to 36 applications with a 21% award rate (announced in September 2024)."
- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/), read 2026-10-11: "award rates also declined: the UKRI overall award rate for 2025 to 2026 was 19%."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [UKRI Gateway to Research](https://gtr.ukri.org/), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Gateway to Research: data and API](https://gtr.ukri.org/resources/data.html), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [UKRI: Innovate UK funded projects since 2004](https://www.ukri.org/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [360Giving GrantNav](https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [360Giving GrantNav datasets](https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/datasets/), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [360Giving: how to access GrantNav data](https://www.360giving.org/explore/technical/grantnav-data/), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HMRC Research and Development tax credits statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit/research-and-development-tax-credits-statistics-september-2024), read 2026-10-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DCMS evaluation of the Create Growth Programme: final report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-create-growth-programme-final-report/evaluation-of-the-create-growth-programme-final-report), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 178 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the awarded series joined from the two open award registers, Gateway to Research (every UKRI and Innovate UK award since 2006 with its value) and GrantNav (a million grants from 200-plus UK funders in the 360Giving standard), cut by year, funder, sector and region, beside the published award RATE. What nobody computes is the pair: advertised pot against money actually awarded, and scheme ceiling against median award, per funder per year, so a reader can see that the answer to 'can I get £X' is a distribution and not a ceiling. Every figure is sourced to the register that published it, with its own coverage caveat carried (UKRI states that 15-20% of its expenditure sits outside the series).

## Sources

- [UKRI Gateway to Research](https://gtr.ukri.org/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Gateway to Research: data and API](https://gtr.ukri.org/resources/data.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [UKRI: Innovate UK funded projects since 2004](https://www.ukri.org/publications/innovate-uk-funded-projects-since-2004/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [UKRI statistical publication: investment and outputs April 2015 to March 2026](https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-investments-and-outputs/statistical-publication-ukri-investment-and-outputs-april-2015-to-march-2026/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [UKRI annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025](https://www.ukri.org/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/ukri-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [360Giving GrantNav](https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [360Giving GrantNav datasets](https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/datasets/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [360Giving: how to access GrantNav data](https://www.360giving.org/explore/technical/grantnav-data/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HMRC Research and Development tax credits statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit/research-and-development-tax-credits-statistics-september-2024) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NERC Grants on the Web](https://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DCMS evaluation of the Create Growth Programme: final report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-create-growth-programme-final-report/evaluation-of-the-create-growth-programme-final-report) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The median published figure in the Grant Award Outcomes is 21 percent across 4 figures from 2 sources' own pages (range 19 to 27 percent), read 11 October 2026.
- 2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, year 2025 to 2026: median 19 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, year 2025 to 2026: median 2,550,150,000 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, year 2024 to 2025: median 21 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, year 2023 to 2024: median 27 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, region outside Greater South East: median 4,600,000,000 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- Grant Award Outcomes, funder UKRI cross-research council responsive mode pilot (Round 1, announced September 2024): median 21 percent across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.
- The median is up 1 percent since 26 September 2026 (was 20 percent across 2).

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